As they do every year, the CBSSports.com team of college basketball experts collectively spent countless hours during the 2023-24 season watching games, scouting players, talking with coaches, studying strategy and analyzing teams. Now, with the NCAA Tournament field set, we’ve all pen to paper and spilled all our insights into a bracket for you to help…
Teams that haven’t played one another in over 70 years renew acquaintances when the 10th-seeded Colorado State Rams battle the seventh-seeded Texas Longhorns on Thursday in an NCAA Tournament first-round matchup. The Rams (24-10), who have won five of their past six games, defeated Virginia 67-42 in a First Four matchup on Tuesday. The Longhorns…
A 2024 NCAA Tournament South Region matchup in the first round features the No. 11 seed NC State Wolfpack and the No. 6 seed Texas Tech Red Raiders playing on Thursday evening. The Wolfpack are rolling into this game with a lot of momentum. They’ve won five straight games, including an 84-76 win over North…
Look at this beautiful thing. We’re at a symmetrically perfect 64 teams now. I call it the Goldilocks Zone. The NCAA Tournament as it should be. Not 68. DEFINITELY not more than 68. This event is at its nirvana with 64 teams, and before that first of the first round games tips. But tip it…
The first round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament bracket is here, so fans are scrambling to complete their 2024 March Madness bracket strategy and lock in their 2024 March Madness upset picks. Florida Atlantic was one of the NCAA Tournament bracket busters last year, making a shocking run to the Final Four. The Owls are…
The West Region of the 2024 NCAA Tournament bracket is loaded with title-winning programs like North Carolina, Michigan State, Baylor and Arizona, but Saint Mary’s has something none of them have. The school is undefeated over its last eight games away from home, as the Gaels are 8-0 both straight-up and against the spread in…
Teams that are looking for respect on a national level meet Wednesday to close out the 2024 First Four as the Colorado Buffaloes take on the Boise State Broncos. The winner will take the No. 10 seed in the South Region and move on to face No. 7-seeded Florida on Friday. Both the Buffaloes and…
The chance to play Midwest No. 1 seed Purdue and big man Zach Edey will be on the line when the Montana State Bobcats and Grambling State Tigers collide in a 2024 First Four game on Wednesday at the University of Dayton Arena in Dayton, Ohio. Both the Bobcats and Tigers are looking to earn…
Few teams were as dominant as the Houston Cougars during the college basketball regular season. The Cougars entered the season as one of the top contenders to win this year’s national championship, and Kelvin Sampson’s squad did not disappoint. Houston was awarded with a No. 1 seed in the South Region of the 2024 NCAA…
The Indian Wells Masters delivered a whole bunch of entertainment even though Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal played a combined two matches in Tennis Paradise (Djokovic two, Nadal zero). They won’t play any at the Miami Open, as Nadal never entered the tournament and Djokovic WDed following his early exit from IW (lost to Luca…
